Violence against Women in Politics in Nepal

: 01-4250086,4250087 Disclaimer: The contents and opinions contained in this Discussion Paper are of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views and opinions of NCCR and GenderFocus Acknowledgment: This Discussion Paper entitled “Violence against Women in Politics in Nepal” is the outcome of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded research project called “Climate c. [...] The paper demonstrates that there is remarkable progress in the constitutional and legal part to enhance the participation of women in politics especially from the constitutional provision of 33 percent quota to women. [...] This was a big change as compared with the Article 114 of the Constitution of Kingdom of Nepal 1991, which had stipulated only 5% reservation of women in the lower house of parliament and three seats in the upper house (WC, CAS, NLS and IDEA, 2011). [...] In an interview, one of the Maoist female ex-combatants winning the first Constituent Assembly election in 2008 April said, “getting candidacy from our party to female in the first CA was because of the revolutionary spirit of the party and the thirty three per cent women’s participation provision of the Interim Constitution. [...] Looking in to the party structure, no appointments are made of women leader despite of their long years of contribution in the party building process despite of several demands are made to the top leaders, clustering of themes which is given to seniors and no promotion of women, seriousness of speaker, seriousness of government.